S.A. man airlifted after New Braunfels crash

Updated 10:53 am, Monday, February 24, 2014

SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man, 61, was in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle he was riding crashed Sunday night into an 18-wheeler in New Braunfels.

The man, who was not identified, was riding a 2001 Yamaha road bike southbound just before 9:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Interstate 35, according to the New Braunfels Police Department. The bike hit the right side of the truck tractor, driven by a Hutto man, 38, according to police. The motorcycle then careened into a passing Ford pickup truck, driven by a New Braunfels woman, 18, according to police.

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Another San Antonio woman, 48, had also been riding the motorcycle, according to police. She was also airlifted with serious injuries, according to police.

Police said both people who had been riding the motorcycle were lying on the interstate when officers arrived.

Neither of the people on the motorcycle was wearing a helmet, said Capt. John McDonald of the New Braunfels Police Department.

The people driving the 18-wheeler and the pickup truck were not injured, according to police.

All of Interstate 35 was shut down for about four hours while the patients were airlifted and officers investigated the crash.

Police said Sunday no charges were anticipated. The New Braunfels Police Department's traffic unit continues to investigate the accident.